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EP 4 530 584 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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02.07.2025 Bulletin 2025/27 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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02.04.2025 Bulletin 2025/14 |
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Date of filing: 05.04.2019 |
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International Patent Classification (IPC):
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Designated Contracting States: |
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AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL
NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR |
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Priority: |
06.04.2018 US 201862654164 P
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Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC: |
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23170438.8 / 4230969 |
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19718561.4 / 3775794 |
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Applicant: Orbis Intelligent Systems, Inc. |
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San Diego CA 92121 (US) |
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Inventors: |
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- KRYWYJ, Daniel Milne
San Diego, 92121 (US)
- PRSHA,, Jeffrey A
San Diego, 92121 (US)
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Representative: Haseltine Lake Kempner LLP |
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One Portwall Square
Portwall Lane
Bristol BS1 6BH
Bristol BS1 6BH (GB) |
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LOCATION AND FLOW RATE METER |
(57) Apparatuses and methods for detecting and determining flow within a water release
assembly are provided. The water release assembly may include a fluid flow passage
with an inlet and an outlet, a flow meter for detecting fluid flow through the fluid
flow passage, an attachment structure for attaching the fluid flow passage to an external
fluid flow conduit, and a fluid flow processing module configured to acquire and store
location data that is related to a geographic location of the fluid flow processing
module, store fluid flow data that is related to fluid flow through the fluid flow
passage and is based, at least in part, on the fluid flow detected by the flow meter,
and wirelessly transmit the location data and the fluid flow data to an external computer.